Paper holder



April 12. 1927. 1,624,421

' J. c. MURDQCK' PAPER HOLDERf"- Filed April 16, 1926 I i MENTOR v BY'IATTORNEY Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

PATENT ()FFICE,

JOHN C. MURDOCK, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

PAPER HOLDER.

Application filed April 16, 1926. Serial No. 102,571.

Theobject of my invention is to provide a device for holding telephoneor telegraph message blanks or papers so that the user of a telephonemay'have the sheets held while taking and recording the message, alsofor the purpose of providing a paper file which may be used also forfiling bills, letters or memoranda of any kind, to hold them tem-fporarily together; also a device cheap in construction and of greatutility. It is particularly adapted to secure sheets of paper togetheron the face of a desk, table top or shelf, thus holding the sheets inplace, easy of arrangement and removal. With these objects in view myinvention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described andpointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my device.

The same referencecharacters denote like parts in each of the severalfigures of the drawings.

My invention consists of two parts; one part being an imitationtelephone standard A, which may be made of any convenient material andshaped in imitation of a telephone standard; the device consists also ofa second part B, formed of wire and having a clamping feature, enablingit to be removably mounted on or grasp the standard A, whether it is animitation standard, or an actual telephone standard, and on which it issupported while holding or pressing upon the papers. It is to be notedthat this spring grip device B is removablv mounted on the standard A;the device B is formed of a single piece of wire 2, bent in a circularor oblong formation or outline, the bend extending out in horizontalalinement, the ends of the bend curved towards each other, forming; anopen collar, 4, and at its center the ends in twisted formation 3,extend vertically upward, while the horizontal alinement develops twoparallel rims 5, 5; this open collar extends backward in horizontalalinement, at right angles with the twisted formation 3. The twistedformation 3 projects vertically upward a space, when the ends of thewire again divide at 6 and projecting outward and upward on a curvedline formation, at 7 and again extending on a curve outward at 8 formingan upper open collar 9, thence the two wire ends project downward on acurve, into the leg format-ion 10, 10, and terminating in the feet 11;this spring grip B of my device may be mounted on the standard A byinserting the standard A through the lower and upper collars 4 and 9before mentioned, or by placing the sides ofv the. collars 4: and 9about the standard A; in this manner the legs 10, 10 are held aspositioned and shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

with the feet 11, 11 pressed upon the surface or papers 12, on which thestandard may be placed.v It is the purpose of my device to use thestandard A separately as well as with the wire device B; the wire springdevice B may be snapped or sprung around or in contact with a telephonestandard, as well as on the standard A;. and in either position, eachpart of the device, either together or separately may be used as aportable desk file, and is thus used by placing the standard A and thespring grip B upon the letters or papers 12 to be held.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and for which Idesire Letters Patentis as follows:

1. In a telephone message blank holder, the combination of astandard A,having the spring collars 4i and 9 formed of a single wire, the collar 9gripping the standard A and the lower collar 4 resting against thestandard A, the two curved ends of the wire forming the sides of theupper collar projecting inward and then outward and downward terminatingin feet spaced apart from each other and from the base of the standardand adapted to press down upon layers of paper or other material.

2. A telephone message blank holder, con-.

sisting of a standard, and a removable wire spring clamp mounted on thestandard, the clamp having two projecting curved legs, projected outwardand downward in curved formation from the standard terminating in feet,in alinement with the base of the standard and spaced apart fromeachother and from the standard base, to place upon layers of paper orother material.

3. A telephone message blank holder, consisting of a vertical standardhaving a base, and reinorahly reprinted on the standard it spring collarclamped about the smndal'd, the collar [oi-med of a single wire coiledand projected into a lower curved support 1'cst ing against thestandard, while the outer 5 ends of the Wire are twisted and project fora space up 21rd, then divide into horizontal curved outline, projectingfirst inward, and

again outward and downward forming curved legs terminating in :feetspaced apart from each other and from the base of the standard in alineinent with the base in testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature.

JOHN G. MURDOGK.

